- Date Of Birth: December 16, 1926
- Date Of Death: November 29, 2011
- State: Pennsylvania
WILLIAM . E. LEIB
William E. “Bill” Leib, 84 , of Mechanicsburg, died peacefully on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 at home.
Born Dec. 16, 1926 in Monroe Twp., he was a son of the late John E. and Ruth A. (Woods) Leib.
Bill was a retired Rural Letter Carrier for the US Postal Service and was a lifelong farmer, which was his love. He was a lifelong member of Mt. Zion Lutheran Church and Sunday School, Boiling Springs. He served several terms on Church Council as well as the Mt. Zion Cemetery Board of Directors. He was a past president of the Cumberland County Square Dance Association. He was also a former 4-H leader and a member of the Rural Letter Carriers Association.
He was preceded in death by a brother: Blaine E. Leib and two sisters: Florence Line and Mary Shambaugh.
Surviving are his wife of 62 years; Ruth (Shields) Leib, a son: Robert E. (and wife Kym) of Terre Haute, IN; two daughters: Patricia E. Leib of Mechanicsburg and Roxann Clay (and husband James) of Mechanicsburg; three sisters: H. Romaine Sheaffer ( and husband, Glenn) of Dillsburg; Mabel Strock (and husband Clyde) of Mechanicsburg and Emily Nearhood, of Hershey; a brother: Samuel Leib of Carlisle; three grandsons: William G. Leib ( and wife Nicole) of Oklahoma; Lt. Anthony J. Clay (and wife Lauren) of Atsugi, Japan and Andrew D. Clay (and Fiancee’ Jewely Latchaw) of Morgantown, WV. and many nieces and nephews.
